With their oranges at the peak of harvest season, farmers-exporters from Bhutan were worried they would miss exporting to Bangladesh, their main market. This was due to the fact that importers were not able to provide Letters of Credit (LC) in US dollars to Bhutanese exporters.
The problem regarding these LCs was the result of steps by the government of Bangladesh to control its foreign currency exchange reserves by restricting certain imports. However, exporters can now export and the Bangladeshi importers will be able to issue LCs.
According to Bhutan's Economic Affairs Minister Loknath Sharma, this was considered only after PM Dr Lotay Tshering personally wrote to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.
Without Bangladesh as a market, orange prices would dip because the produce would be sold to local and Indian markets. Exporters also said that farmers would have ultimately lost out without the market.
Source: kuenselonline.com